'Easy Rider'

Colombia Pictures

During the counterculture ea of the late 1960s and early 70s, road movies such as 1969s Easy Rider (pictured) and Alices Restaurant became touchstones for a generation. These movies from the 70s are about people who hit the road in order to search for something either because they are unhappy and alienated so there is nothing to do but drift, notes Ian Birnie, the head of the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts film program.

During the counterculture ea of the late 1960s and early 70s, road movies such as 1969s Easy Rider (pictured) and Alices Restaurant became touchstones for a generation. These movies from the 70s are about people who hit the road in order to search for something either because they are unhappy and alienated so there is nothing to do but drift, notes Ian Birnie, the head of the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts film program. (Colombia Pictures)

During the counterculture ea of the late 1960s and early 70s, road movies such as 1969s Easy Rider (pictured) and Alices Restaurant became touchstones for a generation. These movies from the 70s are about people who hit the road in order to search for something either because they are unhappy and alienated so there is nothing to do but drift, notes Ian Birnie, the head of the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts film program.